What’s going on? (2): The Ligeti Academy
17 December 2009
Györgi Ligeti was famously difficult to work with. He used to say, “if only I were able to conduct myself… that would make things so much easier!”
With the Dutch Asko and Schönberg ensembles, however, he developed a special working relationship, resulting in the thirteen-volume Ligeti Collection. When the temperamented Hungarian composer died in 2006, there was an awareness with the ensemble that they had a first-hand knowledge of how the composer wanted his work to sound and of working with him like no one else had. Read the rest of this entry »
How to see everything
21 November 2009
Live blogging from the Neu/Now Festival (8)
Everyone knows it’s impossible to see everything. Some things feature only once. Some always feature at the same time at different places. And if you go to see everything, you’ll be so over-exposed you won’t have anything sensible to say at the end of the day. Yes, we know all that. And still we tried. Read the rest of this entry »
Do it yourself
21 November 2009
Live blogging from the Neu/Now Festival (6)
Floor Plan
Last night Open Batch Theatre performed Floor Plan. They could only do one show because today they flew back for their graduation; Millie, who is doing the blog on neunow.eu, was there in time to have a short interview with them. Read the rest of this entry »
Patchmakers and handmade orchestras
30 October 2009
We can’t wait. 18 days to go until the Neu/Now Festival opens in Vilnius, Lithuania. In the Jotta Magazine, you can already read interviews with Marloeke van der Vlugt and Karen Skog, both of whom will be presenting their work there.
Vitrines ou fabriques de la création?
26 June 2009
Symposium (3 July) at the Mégaphone festival in Dijon, 27 June – 4 July.
Now of course you have to be in Sofia for the Teachers’ Academy, so you can’t attend the discussion in Dijon, but I just can’t help liking the phrase:
“Festivals de musique: vitrines ou fabriques de la création?”
NEU/NOW
14 May 2009
We are inviting all members of ELIA and partner networks to nominate their graduating and freshly graduated student talent for the NEU/NOW Festival, an event that will first take place in virtual space and then live in Vilnius, Cultural Capital of Europe.
NEU/NOW is intended to become a yearly recurrent event that presents the best of the new generation emerging now from art schools around Europe, in all disciplines. Schools can nominate up to two students in each of the five discipline categories.
Deadline for nominations: 10 June
